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####,,,,## MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ,,,#######
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,,,,####,, IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE ,,#,,,,###
,##,,##,,# SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN #,,,##,,#,
,,,,,,,,,, A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / ,,#,,,,,,,
#########, SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ,,,,######
########,, POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ###,,#####
#######,,, THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ,#,,,,####
######,,## BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D ,,,##,,###
#####,,,,# SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ,#,,,,,,##
####,,##,, THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. ,,,####,,#
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,#,,####,, THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A #,,,,,,##,
,,,,,##,,, GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER ,,####,,,,
####,,,,## SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY ,,,##,,###
###,,##,,# TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ##,,,,,,##
##,,,,,,,, WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT #,,####,,#
#,,######, QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ,,,,##,,,,
,,,,####,, WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ,##,,,,##,
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,#,,,,,,,, THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ###,,,,##,
,,,######, WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ##,,##,,,,
##,,####,, GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN #,,,,,,###
#,,,,##,,# A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ,,####,,##
,,##,,,,,, FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN #,,##,,,,#
,,,,,####, AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ,,,,,,##,,
####,,##,, WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ,####,,,,#
###,,,,,,, TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ,,##,,##,,
,#,,###### DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,##### WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ##########
,###,,###, EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE #########,
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,,#,,,,,,# FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP #,,#,,,,##
,,,,####,, I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ,,,,,##,,,
###,,##,,# VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ####,,,,##
##,,,,,,,, APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ###,,##,,#
#,,####### IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ##,,,,,,,,
,,,,#####, BOTH THE SHOES. #,,######,
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,#,,,,#,,, I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ,##,,##,,,
,,,##,,,## MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ,,,,,,,,##
,#,,,,#,,, STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ,######,,,
,,,##,,,## PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ,,####,,##
,#,,,,#,,# LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ,,,##,,,,,
,,,##,,,,, MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ##,,,,####
,#,,,,###, WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND #,,##,,##,
,,,##,,#,, COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ,,,,,,,,,,
##,,,,,,,, YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ##########
#,,####### FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ##########
,,,,###### BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ##########
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,,,,,,###, SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ,,######,,
#####,,#,, OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF #,,####,,#
####,,,,,, ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ,,,,##,,,,
,##,,##### AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ###,,,,##,
,,,,,,#### THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ##,,##,,,,
#####,,### CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED #,,,,,,###
####,,,,## OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ,,####,,##
###,,##,,# AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ,,,##,,,,#
##,,,,,,,, THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ##,,,,##,,
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##,,####,, SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ,,,,,,####
#,,,,##,,# DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ,####,,###
,,##,,,,,, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,,##,,,,##
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